Wigan Athletic made history by reaching the FA Cup semi-final for the first time in their 81-year history after stunning Everton with three goals in four minutes.

As Everton capitulated in front of their disbelieving fans, their unfashionable north-west neighbours struck in quick succession through Maynor Figueroa, former Goodison Park season-ticket holder Callum McManaman and Jordi Gomez.

For once, David Moyes could not rally his troops. He took off Phil Neville at half-time, the home captain being culpable for Wigan's second goal, and later Marouane Fellaini and Kevin Mirallas to boos from the home support, who expected to at least emulate last season's run to the last four.

Up in the stands, Wigan's proud owner
Dave Whelan beamed. He broke his leg playing for Blackburn in the 1960
final against Wolves. Now he's going back to Wembley.

The only blot on the club's day was
that Aston Villa's 2-1 Premier League win at Reading later in the day
saw Wigan slip back into the bottom three.

Everyone expected a game at Goodison - but not in the way it turned out.

Everton were wretched, not one of their players deserved a mark higher than five out of 10 and many of them less than that.

'We have to be given credit for that,' said Wigan's bright young manager Roberto Martinez.

'We let them play. If we lose, it's
because we are Wigan. If we win, it's because the other team are bad.
But it wasn't like that,' added the Spaniard, who will hope the Wembley
magic displayed by his former club Swansea in the recent Capital One Cup
final rubs off on his team for next month's semi-final. Martinez was
right.

Running riot: Wigan bashed in three goals in four minutes to win the game in the first half

Leap: Maynor Figueroa rises to head home the first goal of the game

Thank you: Figueroa takes the plaudits after breaking the deadlock

A quickfire lesson in FA Cup history...

Wigan became the 78th side to reachthe last four of the FA Cup in its 141-yearhistory.

Just 3min 22sec separated theirfirst and third goals - a little slower thanthe 2min 19sec between MK Dons' fourthand sixth goals against Cambridge Cityin the First Round this year.

Everton conceded three goals in an FACup home tie for the first time sincelosing 4-1 to Blackburn in January 2007.

As poor as Everton were, Wigan were
good. For once, Martinez restricted himself to four changes rather than
putting the entire reserve side out as usual in the cup competitions.

The reward was a dazzling and
rampant first half in which they could have scored six. To his credit,
Moyes - still chasing an elusive first trophy as a manager - did not
deny that the right team had won.

'On the day, we didn't create enough.
We can't argue. Wigan were the better team undoubtedly. It was an
opportunity to get to the semifinal - but we can't complain,' he said.

The first warning signs for Everton
came after 19 minutes when Shaun Maloney had all the time in the world
to curl a shot against the inside of a post with stand-in goalkeeper Jan
Mucha rooted to the spot.

Easy does it: McManaman (right) celebrates with James McCarthy

Swept home: Jordi Gomez bags a beautiful third against a shocked Everton

Then Wigan's in-form forward Arouna
Kone headed over from close range. Everton responded with a shot by
Nikica Jelavic well saved by Joel Robles.

But the floodgates opened with three goals in an incredible three minutes and 23-seconds spell around the half-hour mark.

First, Mucha - deputising for
injured Tim Howard - tipped away a James McCarthy half-volley but, from
the resulting corner by Gomez, Figueroa headed in only his fifth goal in
five seasons.

Before Everton could respond, they
committed defensive suicide. Neville, normally so reliable, hit a
ludicrous cross-field pass in his own half straight to McManaman.

The youngster, who used to cheer on Everton from the Gwladys Street End, lifted a clever finish over Mucha for the second.

Pull your socks up: David Moyes shouts at his misfiring players from the touchline

Disarray: Jan Mucha (centre) and Leighton Baines could not cope with Kone and Co

Everton fans, not normally known for their optimism, groaned in unison. They were right to be fatalistic.

Two minutes later, Kone fed Gomez and
he produced a lovely first-time finish from the edge of the box. This
time there was no spirited Goodison fightback.

'We played well but, more importantly, showed incredible concentration levels in the second half,' said Martinez.

He was helped by Everton's fans
rounding on their own. Moyes's decision to replace Fellaini with Darron
Gibson was booed loudly.

Fellaini went down the tunnel without
a backwards glance - and the fans were not that enthusiastic when
Mirallas was replaced by young Ross Barkley, who shot wide with
Everton's best chance late on.

Good work: Gomez and Roberto Martinez will be pleased with their afternoon on Merseyside

Wigan had their on-loan winger Ryo
Miyaichi from Arsenal carried off with his left leg strapped after a
robust challenge by Mirallas.

Moyes summed up: 'We've not had many of those days this season, probably not had many of those days since January last year.

'We are in it as a team together. I took Fellaini off because we felt we had to do something different.

'After the first goal, we still felt calm but we conceded that poor second goal.

'I won't point the finger at individuals for mistakes. Me and the players just didn't do a good enough job.'